Since this was an ARC, I'm going to be a little wordier than "I liked it a lot." Which I did.

*warm fuzzies* I found Anchor a very satisfying read. ThSince this was an ARC, I'm going to be a little wordier than "I liked it a lot." Which I did.

*warm fuzzies* I found Anchor a very satisfying read. The world building was solid, and the reading experience was… well, I keep coming back to words like satisfying, solid, straightforward, consistent. Even competent. As in, I had no fear that the foundation was going to crumble beneath me. So to speak.

Apparently Anchor is a part of a series of standalone books. It truly does stand alone well. I didn't feel that I was missing anything by not being familiar with the other characters and any of their previous stories, and nowhere was there an info dump. There were little touches that hinted that there was a story behind some of the comments or observations (which made me curious to find out what that was), but nothing that rubbed it in your face.

As anyone who has read any of my "reviews" before knows, a book being emotionally satisfying is very important to me. I was happy with that part of the story, even though Anchor wasn't overly touchy-feely. A lot of the story is about the external stuff, the buildup, conflict, danger, the heroine's abilities, the hero's responsibilities, but when the time was right, there was a sort of inevitability to the next step in their relationship. I'm not wording this right, so let's just say they knocked my socks off along with each others'. Or something.

Anyway, I'm going to be reading more of this series. I guess that's the most honest compliment I have for an author.

(There's a reason why I don't do real reviews. It's awkward. I'm not used to expressing my reactions to a book other than "good book". I don't believe I've been this wordy about I book I liked, usually I only use this many words to rant state what I didn't like about a book. I'm going back to my regular M.O. now.)...more

Beyond Jealousy ended with a tease that led to expectations on my part. (And OMG, I needed to know what happened to Trix!) Beyond Addiction didn't goBeyond Jealousy ended with a tease that led to expectations on my part. (And OMG, I needed to know what happened to Trix!) Beyond Addiction didn't go the way I expected (and I really don't even know what I expected, except that it wasn't the first ten percent of BA), but where it went was awesome!

The world building, the story arc, the politics of this series is amazing. If you pay attention, pieces are being put into place and it's gonna be…big. Unless more politics are played skilfully. And then it's gonna be big in a whole different way. I can't wait!